Medical Workforce Manager

Belmont Recruitment are looking for a Medical Workforce Manager to work with a Sussex-based NHS Trust on a temporary basis. This is a full-time role working 37.5 hours per week (Mon – Fri) with the option to work from home one day per week.

Main Duties:

* Deliver clear, consistent, specialist and expert advice to managers and medical staff on all aspects of the Medical and Dental Terms and Conditions of Service and complex medical workforce issues.

* Responsible for ensuring that information and advice on medical staffing, contracts and working time directive (WTD) is accurate and up to date and also ensuring that queries are resolved promptly and accurately, ensuring decisions are made on the basis of best advice to both internal and external bodies.

* Provide advice to business units on the relevant and current Consultants, Specialty Doctors (SAS) and junior doctor contracts.

* Advise and work with General Managers/ Clinical Directors/ Consultants in the development of job descriptions and person specifications for medical posts.

* Update the Head of Employee Services on a regular basis on forecasted recruitment activity, issues, ideas and concerns.

* Produce reports on recruitment trends and advise service managers accordingly..

* Support the Resourcing Team with all medical and dental recruitment episodes and ensure correct documentation and information is provided to ensure that verified information of previous service is obtained as required; assess, together with testimonials of service, so as to ascertain accurate starting salary and calculate correct incremental date for service

* Work closely with the Business Units to ensure that all new starters are safe to practice and to minimise clinical risk.

* Provide expert advice on junior doctor terms and conditions, consultant contracts and all other medical staffing issues to all senior managers across the Trust.

* Support the General Manager and senior medical managers to develop robust workforce plans.

* Ensure that there is a proactive approach to rotas ensuring necessary cover arrangements are in place and to challenge where necessary, providing advice to resolve issues as appropriate in conjunction with senior medical management.

* Responsible for the ongoing assessment and monitoring of working practices/ rotas to ensure they are compliant with local and national guidelines and agreed terms and conditions.

* Responsible for monitoring and developing compliant rotas for junior doctors through liaising with relevant personnel.

Essential Criteria:

* Postgraduate/ Master’s Degree level education or able to demonstrate specialist knowledge. within this field through practical experience.

* Substantive relevant experience in medical workforce.

* Evidence of continuing personal and professional development.

* Production of complex reports and experience of formatting within Excel.

* Experience of working to support senior individuals.

* Experience and proven ability to work with minimal supervision.

* Experience of working to deadlines.

If this role is of interest to you, please apply with your up-to-date CV or contact Leah at Belmont Recruitment